Math (Algebra)original price = X X - X*0.2 = X*0.8=82.97 X=82.97/0.8=103.71 the original price is $103.71 now imagine : you have a pair of running shoes ($103.71) with a 20% discount so you pay 103.71-103.71*0.2=$82.97
September 24, 2009

French-Mme SraJMcGinnegative form : ne + verbe conjugué + pas/plus.... or ne + pas/plus ... + verbe à l'infinitif so in your first sentence, the negative form refers to the verb "donner" = not to give in your second sentence, the negative form refers to the verb "...
April 25, 2008

Frenchthe second question : i think it was : ils( or elles) vous veulent.... the subject is "ils"(or "elles") so you have the third person plural the correct form is "aimez-vous les roses?" but "vous aimez les roses?" is correct too
April 23, 2008

FRENCHor merci de me complimenter pour mon travail (yes i know, french is very difficult)
April 23, 2008

Frenchi see it - "je le vois" or "je la vois" to distinguish the two : the same thing in english "i see it" refers to a thing, an object "i see him/her" refers to a person so je le/la vois : if you can ask"je vois QUOI? le/la refers to a ...
April 22, 2008

to srajmcgin and michellewhy not grande-mère??good question 400 years ago, the feminine was grand'mère, grand'tante... the ' simbolized the feminine in 1932, l'"académie française" changed the ' by - so it became grand-mère, grand-tante ...
March 5, 2008

frenchit's dificult to a "no-french person" understand this process: normaly: la salle de bain, les salles de bain BUT if u have two (or more) "bath" in your bathroom so it's: la salle de bains les salles de bains so u can choose if u want a 's' ...
February 29, 2008

french'nouvelle' is the feminine of 'nouvel'and 'nouveau'. 'nouvel' and 'nouveau' are the same thing but we use 'nouvel' in front of a vowel and 'h' 'neuf' is about an obect and means 'not used'
February 21, 2008

english31. China is . considered as a communist country by a large number of people. (A) no longer (B) not longer (C) not more (D) no any longer i think B
February 14, 2008

english30. In a speech he gave last week, Deng Xiaoping . that Chinese economy should be commercially competitive. (A) has declared (B) had declared (C) will have declared (D) declared i think B
February 14, 2008

english29. We were amazed . his knowledge of Confucius philosophy. (A) with (B) at (C) by (D) of i think C
February 14, 2008

english28. Even today, young people . study Lenins theories at the university. (A) had to (B) have had to (C) have to (D) had had to i think A
February 14, 2008

english27. When they . in Shanghai, they . amazed. (A) arrive / will be (B) will arrive / will be (C) arrived / would be (D) had arrived / were i think it is not B and A but between C and D...i dont know
February 14, 2008

english26. . is becoming liberalised. (A) Chinese national discourse (B) Chinas national discourse (C) The national Chinese discourse (D) The national China discourse i think A
February 14, 2008